The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
4:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 821
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.2° / 7.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -17.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.11° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.49° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.